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pancake lens

pancake lens noun: a type of flat lens design.

pancake lens: a type of flat lens design
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Noun

pancake lens (plural pancake lenses)

  1. (informal) A type of flat lens design.
    • A particularly fitting choice is the small and flexible XF27mmF2.8 pancake lens. With it, the camera fits in the pocket of almost every coat or jacket.2015, Rico Pfirstinger, The Fujifilm X-T10 […] , Rocky Nook, →ISBN

Forms of pancake lens

pluralpancake lenses

Questions about pancake lens

What does pancake lens mean?
Pancake lens means a type of flat lens design.
What part of speech is pancake lens?
Pancake lens is a noun.
What is the plural of pancake lens?
The plural of pancake lens is pancake lenses.

Words near pancake lens in the dictionary

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  2. pancake engines
  3. pancake ice
  4. pancake landing
  5. pancake landings
  6. pancake lens
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  8. pancake number
  9. pancake numbers
  10. pancake slug
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